San Francisco in the 1970s was a global hub of culture. It was known worldwide for hippies and radicals. The city was heavily affected by drugs, prostitution and crime. Outcasts and the socially marginalized were attracted by a greater tolerance and acceptance of diverse cultures in the city. It grew as one of world's biggest centers for the LGBT community and LGBT rights. The rock music known as the San Francisco Sound was performed live and recorded by San Francisco-based rock groups of the mid-1960s to early 1970s. It was associated with the counterculture community in the city at the time.
San Francisco was the cradle of the pornography industry in the United States in the 1970s, and led to a dramatic growth of strip clubs, adult movie theaters, "peep show" booths, and sex shops downtown, as well as to the creation of the first feminist advocacy groups for sex workers. Many skyscrapers were built in the city during this period. The city is also associated with West Coast jazz and was one of the major centers of jazz fusion which took off in the 1970s. Many American detective/crime television series were shot in San Francisco in the 1970s and the city became well known as a backdrop to police films such as Dirty Harry (1971).
These amazing color slides were taken by
Nick DeWolf that show street scenes of San Francisco in 1971 and 1974.
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| Beneath the Bay Bridge, San Francisco, California, 1971 |
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| Chinatown, San Francisco, California, 1971 |
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| Chinatown, San Francisco, California, 1971 |
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| Coastline, presidio of San Francisco, California, 1971 |
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| Dino's, O'farrell Street, San Francisco, California, 1971 |
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| Flower lady, San Francisco, California, 1971 |
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| Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco, California, 1971 |
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| Lagoon, San Francisco, California, 1971 |
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| Naked Seduction, North Beach, San Francisco, California, 1971 |
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| North Beach, San Francisco, California, 1971 |
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| North Beach, San Francisco, California, 1971 |
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| North Beach, San Francisco, California, 1971 |
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| Orpheum Theatre, San Francisco, California, 1971 |
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| Street life, San Francisco, California, 1971 |
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| Telegraph Hill, Coit Tower, Pier 43 Ferry Arch and the Balclutha, San Francisco, California, 1971 |
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| The Ben Johnson Restaurant, Fisherman's Wharf, San Francisco, California, 1971 |
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| Union Square park, San Francisco, California, 1971 |
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| Union Square park, San Francisco, California, 1971 |
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| Washington Street, Chinatown, San Francisco, California, 1971 |
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| Conservatory of Flowers, Golden Gate Park, San Francisco, California, 1974 |
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| Drummer, Union Square, San Francisco, California, 1974 |
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| Drummer, Union Square, San Francisco, California, 1974 |
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| Exotic Live Acts, San Francisco, California, 1974 |
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| House of Ecstasy, San Francisco, California, 1974 |
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| Mime, Union Square, San Francisco, California, 1974 |
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| Mime, Union Square, San Francisco, California, 1974 |
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| Ocean Beach, San Francisco, California, 1974 |
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| Ocean Beach, San Francisco, California, 1974 |
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| Robert Shields, Union Square, San Francisco, California, 1974 |
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| Surfers, San Francisco, California, 1974 |
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| Union Square park, San Francisco, California, 1974 |
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| Union Square park, San Francisco, California, 1974 |
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| Wigs, San Francisco, California, 1974 |
(Photo © Nick DeWolf)
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